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the nra is breaking silence today and will hold a major news conference in downtown d.c. more bill press up after the break. stay with us. when alea was born i definitely was not prepared. i just asked myself, "am i doing all that i can, am i doing the best that i can for her?" my whole family was so thrilled and so excited. it was just the start of a wonderful journey. i feel lucky every single day that i have my parents, i have my grandparents and that alea has grandparents and great-grandparents. sometimes they'll joke around and they'll say, " how's our baby, how's our baby?" and she's almost like this collective family baby. the fact that all of these generations can live together happily and get to know each other and learn from each other is really incredible. my mom was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes when she was 15. when she was first diagnosed they didn't even have any blood sugar monitor. people really didn't know what the future would hold for her but now, today, there are so many resources available to her. she has all these technological devices to help her
the nra is breaking silence today and will hold a major news conference in downtown d.c. more bill press up after the break. stay with us. when alea was born i definitely was not prepared. i just asked myself, "am i doing all that i can, am i doing the best that i can for her?" my whole family was so thrilled and so excited. it was just the start of a wonderful journey. i feel lucky every single day that i have my parents, i have my grandparents and that alea has grandparents and...
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are you a member of the nra? >> no. i am not. >> all right. we appreciate you so much for calling, joe. i think he is right. we need to have an honest conversation about this. we will be right back after this break. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ [ music ] >>. >> this is "the bill press show." >> we are back on the bill press show. right to our call to deny he's in cincinnati, ohio. how are you doing? >> fine. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> i am a little nervous. this is the first time i have been able to get in. >> it's just us. don'ts worry about it. >> what have you got for us? >> i listened. i watched gu-i got an opportunity to call in. my point is background checks. i think some people who are members of the fleaorida, i think they should have background checks as well. some of them are showing that really they do not need to have a gun in their possession. >> i completely agree with you den de
are you a member of the nra? >> no. i am not. >> all right. we appreciate you so much for calling, joe. i think he is right. we need to have an honest conversation about this. we will be right back after this break. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ [ music ] >>. >> this is "the bill press show." >> we are back...
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he had an nra pamphlet on how to use his pistols. there was a certificate from the nra made out to him. there was a check written out to him by his mother for him to buy another gun with. i mean it was just crazy what they found at the home of this kid. books, also, about autism and so here you clearly had a sick kid. you had a huge arsenal assembled by ms. by his mother and partly by him that was totally acceptable to him. he had this crazy game room all black ended out, windowed and the walls painted black where he holed himself away and played nothing but video games and came out for one reason, to kill his mother and go kill these 20 beautiful little kids at sandy hook elementary school. sick, sick, sick sick. and, you know, how -- how and why should anybody like that have access to such killer weapons? it just made it even more shocking, i think, to hear what they found there. and then yesterday, it so happened that president obama was meeting with the families of victims of gun violence across the country. he did so in the east
he had an nra pamphlet on how to use his pistols. there was a certificate from the nra made out to him. there was a check written out to him by his mother for him to buy another gun with. i mean it was just crazy what they found at the home of this kid. books, also, about autism and so here you clearly had a sick kid. you had a huge arsenal assembled by ms. by his mother and partly by him that was totally acceptable to him. he had this crazy game room all black ended out, windowed and the walls...
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i think you have got. >> is that because the nra is so powerful? >> i think you have seen with the tea party primary processes, they are powerful in the republican primary. >> right. >> you could be taken out for reasonable position. senator bennett from utah a 9 go % conservative voting record, they took him out on a primary on small issues that wouldn't -- if he ever got to a statewide vote, you wouldn't carry the day there. >> if you don't believe senators are afraid of their shadow when it comes to an upcoming primary, look at lindsey graham today. lindsey graham has turned into a screeching tea partyer to the right of ted cruz suddenly. >> that's not who he is. >> no. >> who he has become because he is afraid of a primary area challenge. >> you don't have to look up the ladder to see you don't get to six years back and they have an out sized voice >> bill: the politics of gun violence, you say continue to tilt against getting anything done. what about immigration reform? >> i actually think that we have a great chance of that. pure political c
i think you have got. >> is that because the nra is so powerful? >> i think you have seen with the tea party primary processes, they are powerful in the republican primary. >> right. >> you could be taken out for reasonable position. senator bennett from utah a 9 go % conservative voting record, they took him out on a primary on small issues that wouldn't -- if he ever got to a statewide vote, you wouldn't carry the day there. >> if you don't believe senators are...
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i think he sold the country out, myself and has nra stamped on his forehead. >> he had the votes to reform the filibuster. right? he did. there were enough republicans all they needed in the beginning of the session every, you know, in january of every year when they start a new congress all they needed was 51 votes. he had 55 votes. didn't use it. yeah. so what do we do jerry? >> i think to get him out of the position he has gotten in leadership for the democratic party, he is a weak leader. they need to get somebody in that's going to represent the country basically. >> yeah. i like harry reid as a person but he let us down on this one, too many times. joey out in chicago. hey, joey. how have you been? >> good. i can't believe that -- >> bill: allegation nice to hear from you t you have to remember you are on national radio and -- >> have a good weekend >> bill: national television. happy president's weekend. jim out in las vegas. jim, what do you say? >> bill, i am a big democrat here, organizer of 300 people, democratic leader group. we talked to harry reid. we sent him e-mails. we cal
i think he sold the country out, myself and has nra stamped on his forehead. >> he had the votes to reform the filibuster. right? he did. there were enough republicans all they needed in the beginning of the session every, you know, in january of every year when they start a new congress all they needed was 51 votes. he had 55 votes. didn't use it. yeah. so what do we do jerry? >> i think to get him out of the position he has gotten in leadership for the democratic party, he is a...